The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit


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JW-4.JPGEnlisted FDC BunkerSeveral items of interest here: the neatly stacked sandbags, the pickaxe, the water cans and wash basin, and canteen cups hanging off the roof. Note there is a DOOR on this bunker! Now that's civilized!
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JW-1.JPGTrash SumpView from LZ OD, August, 1967.
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JW-6b.JPGSame shot; different angle of kitchen being erected on LZ OD.
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JW-3.JPGFDC at LZ OD105mm cannisters lined the path to the sandbagged CONEX that housed the FDC. The sign in th foreground includes the 4th Inf Div Ivy patch, which indicates the "swap" from the 25th Inf Div had just occurred on 1Aug67.
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JW-5.JPGFt. SandbagArtillerymen know the value of sandbags...throughout the firebase.
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JW-2.JPGHourigan & CoPFC James G. Hourigan & Sp4 Ronald Hammond standing in the gun pit at LZ OD, 1967. Sunshine takes care of the laundry in the background.
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JW-8.jpgA Kodak momentPFC Doug Wigginton and PFC Greg Malnar taking photos at LZ OD near Duc Pho, 1967.
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JW-3c.JPGView from EM personnel bunkerSame view; clearer picture.
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JW-11.JPGNE from LZ ODLooking northeast from LZ OD, circa June - Aug, 1967.
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JW-12.JPGSp4 John WaldmanTaken in August, 1967. John DEROS'd on 31Aug67.
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JW-2b.JPGSp4 Ronald HammondCannoneer Ronald L. Hammond enjoying his cigar. His cigars always appeared to be bigger than he was. Ron was a great cannoneer.
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JW-2a.JPGCigar TeamPFC Hourigan puffing away with Sp4 Ronald Hammond, his cannoneer buddy. LZ OD, August, 1967.
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